Silver Spurs Rodeo
biannual rodeo in Kissimmee, Florida
The Silver Spurs Rodeo is a rodeo held twice per year in Kissimmee, Florida. During the late 1980s, it was one of the fifty largest rodeos in the United States, and is billed as the largest rodeo east of the Mississippi River. Since 1994, it has been the official state rodeo of Florida.
History
In 1941, the Silver Spurs Riding Club was formed in Kissimmee. In 1944, at the height of World War II, the Riding Club sponsored a rodeo to encourage local citizens to purchase war bonds. The first rodeo was held on July 4, 1944, and in 1951, a February event was added to the calendar.
The February rodeo is important enough to the region's self-image that it is a school holiday (for teachers and for students) throughout the county. The holiday is named “Rodeo Day”, and is traditionally the third Friday in February, coinciding with the Silver Spurs Rodeo, and is recognized in place of Presidents' Day or Washington’s Birthday in the School District of Osceola County, which is a school holiday on the third Monday of February in most other school districts in the United States. The earliest official mention of Rodeo Day occurred in 1953. The tradition began after school officials observed students taking time off to attend the rodeo.
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